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While richer tenants could afford the increase in rent--which has increased an average of 15 percent since the end of rent control--and Cambridge's public housing was assisted with state aid, those in the lower-middle income bracket frequently left the city in search of cheaper quarters...
...Cambridge residents have had to move out of the city because of the end of rent control and because prices have skyrocketed," says Cambridge City Councillor Katherine Triantafillou. "It's driving out the lower- and moderate-income families...
Besides the lower rents, Somerville also offers a little taste of old-time Cambridge in terms of its ethnic makeup, political activism and local flavor...
According to city officials, voter turnout at municipal elections fell to an all-time low of 40 percent in 1997, while in Somerville, though lower than Cambridge's, the turnout was consistent with previous years--around 30 percent. And City Council watchers say there is now a lower number of community speakers at once-packed council meetings...
...twice ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the lower house of parliament and was instrumental in a failed 1983 campaign to legalize abortion...